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The grower has waited too long to plant these seeds. They can still be salvaged with gentle hands.
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Here a seedling is emerging from soil. A few hours later, its cotyldon leaves have opened and its seed shell has dropped.
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Plants in tubes using drip emitters grow excellent root systems. | Plants in this garden were kept upright and positioned using bamboo stakes. |
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This wick garden in a kiddie pool uses an industrial pallet to keep the containers above the resevoir and 3/8 nylon wick rope to draw the water to the plants. | Here, 4 rockwool cubes were placed on top of 8 rockwool slabs and a drip emitter was placed where the cubes meet. |
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This small ripening bud is loose and airy because of low light conditions. | This dense bud is just beginning to ripen. |
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This ripe bud is filled with crystals. | |
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Staking buds upright keeps them from interfering with each other. | This ripe flowers' stigmas have dried, false seed pods have enlarged, and the glands are swollen. |
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The plants in this garden were trimmed to 4-6 branches. Each branch was staked and the remaining buds grew immense. | |
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This sativa flower is about one week from harvest. (side and top views) | |
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The buds in this garden are half way through the ripening cycle. | |
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This greenhouse has roof vents which open automatically to keep the plants cool. The plants are growing in 3 1/2 gallon containers, and the buds are kept upright using 6 square greenhouse screen. | |
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This outdoor garden uses 6 high metal arches to support either clear row covers (left) which are used during rainy or cool weather, or black row covers (right) which are used to limit daylight to 12 hours, forcing plants to flower early. | |
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To hand press hashish, resin is first collected on the palms by rubbing the outer leaves of the plant. | After 20 minutes, enough resin has collected on the hands to start rubbing. |
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Resin can be scraped from the palms and gradually pressed together. Body heat softens the resin powder, making it easier to mold. | Task complete: A ball of hash. |
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Resin glands sparkle like crystal mushrooms and the pistils have turned mostly orange; this kind Skunk Big Bud is ready to harvest. |